@article{ref1,
title="An exploratory analysis of college students' response and reporting behavior regarding intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration among their friends",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2013",
author="Branch, Kathryn A. and Richards, Tara N. and Dretsch, Elizabeth C.",
volume="28",
number="18",
pages="3386-3399",
abstract="Over the last several decades, an extensive literature has documented the prevalence of dating violence on college campuses. As a result, initiatives to promote awareness of dating violence on college campuses have proliferated and models of &quot;bystander intervention&quot; have been developed. Bystander intervention asserts that by giving all students information concerning the prevalence and warning signs of dating violence, these individuals will &quot;say something&quot; when they see problem behavior. However, a paucity of empirical research exists concerning whether students actually report their observation of dating violence among their peers. In the present study, a sample of college freshman (n = 275) was surveyed regarding their willingness to report dating violence behaviors among their friends. Findings indicate that a slight majority of respondents report that they would report dating violence victimization among their friends to university officials (54%) and/or law enforcement (56%) while fewer indicated they would report perpetration, 38% and 42%, respectively. Importantly, respondents overwhelmingly report that they would attempt to intervene in the dating violence victimization (87%) and perpetration (84%). Implications of these findings for campus safety initiatives and bystander education models are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260513504494",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260513504494"
}